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www.spec.com.au Spectator Sport More region champions in our midst region cham RAY DOWNES PORTLAND and Division representatives had another great day at Warrnambool on Sunday landing two championships. on eat ay Kerrie Alexander more Regional and nal Shirley Millard won the Ladies State Pairs, Peter and Wendy Webster the Mixed Pairs. Both events are now played at State level. Ron Reynolds and Jim Scott weren’ quite so fortunate when they were defeated in the men’s pairs by one shot. Sunday sees the Region triples and champion of club singles championships played at Portland RSL Memorial n’ w.spec.com.au Spectator Sport More region champions in our midst region cham RAY DOWNES PORTLAND and Division representatives had another great day at Warrnambool on Sunday landing two championships. on eat ay Kerrie Alexander more Regional and nal Shirley Millard won the Ladies State Pairs, Peter and Wendy Webster the Mixed Pairs. Both events are now played at State level. Ron Reynolds and Jim Scott weren’ quite so fortunate when they were defeated in the men’s pairs by one shot. Sunday sees the Region triples and champion of club singles championships played at Portland RSL Memorial n’ by by on One major objective for prospective division one finalists. THAT is, fi nd a way to derail the Memorial juggernaut. Playing at home last round the Memorial side dished out a fair old fashioned hammering to Dunkeld. All rinks won and scored the highest side score of all divisions. The Solly boys and Ken Evans rinks have kept a graph line of season wins perfectly straight for all but the fi rst game, and then it was on shots difference. Dunkeld battled the odds given they were missing half a dozen players, but when the opposition only let you score 38 the outcome as far as bowls is concerned is pretty bleak. Memorial 94 d Dunkeld 38, K Evans 28 d B Mathews 13, M Solly 27 d S Cullinane 15, G Solly 39 d A Jackson 10. Grangeburn gave Gold a good run to the home turn but down the straight Gold had Peter Webster and Ron Reynolds teams creeping away for an 11 shot win. Robyn Thomassen at the head as Prewey was not available, proved that persistence pays off when her rink won by one. A couple of points probably helping to get a fi nal after next week. Grangeburn 62 lt Portland Gold 73;O Ross 24 lt P Webster 27, R Thomassen 22 d G Calder 21, I Cook 16 lt R Reynolds 25. Blue took the opportunities they had on offer and defeated the visitors Balmoral by a not too large nine shots. Phil Benbow’s combination winning by 13, Col Pumpa putting a halt to the Carey run by two. Balmoral however remains above Blue on the ladder. Portland Blue 78 d Balmoral 69; P Benbow 30 d C Offi cer 17, B Groves 23 lt T Simons 29, C Pumpa 25 d F Carey 23. Hamilton’s Kennedy Street green is obviously the hot spot of Hamilton. The game against Penshurst had to be called off when the temperature reached 37.8 degrees and didn’t look like falling. Hamilton was well in front at the time of the declaration. The abandonment makes Penshurstsjob of making the four fairly diffi cult. Division two TWO home sides won, 93 the high score and the average win was by 16. Part of the reason for the lowish average win was the fact that Macarthur ran Hamilton to three shots. Clifton Tonissen’s team kept up the good work of the last few games and won by six. However John Crane won by eight, so when Scotty got ahead by one, Hamilton put a deposit a fi nals berth and Macarthurstay in the lower reaches. Macarthur 62 lt Hamilton 65; L Burland 18 lt J Crane 26, R Sherridan 20 lt G Scott 21, C Tonissen 24 d G Pitman 18. Casterton has hit a purple patch having won their last six games. This time against Heywood who they replace at the top. Sticks and Eddy Jarrad, whose rink has run up 66 shots in the past two weeks put together 14 points and the two Heywood scraped up were thanks to Lionel Pevitt. Casterton 72 d Heywood 63; G Russell 26 d R Langford 24, E Jarrad 31 d L Price 15, J Egerton 15 lt L Pevitt 24. Figures intrigue me which is probably pretty obvious, the last game was 72, 63, this one between Portland Gold and Grangeburn 73, 62. The Jennings rink continuing along with another lazy 31 and the one rink syndrome played its’ part again as the visitors won the other two. Unfortunately for Phil Witham and Tom Eales their combined winning total wasn’t enough. Gold still in with a good chance, Grangeburn stuck in low gear. Portland Gold 73 d Grangeburn 62; M Jennings 31 d T Wilson 13, R Murphy 23 lt P Witham 24, T Alexander 19 lt T Eales 25. Memorial rolled the div 2 sweep with 93 v Portland Blue.Without further ado introducing the high rollers of the year, oops the equal ones, Ron Robinson, John Hollien, Robert McIntyre and Simon Hein amassing 47. Bill Pike the only winner for Blue. Memorial 93 d Portland Blue 51; K Husson 25 d K Meerbach 18, R Robinson 47 d B Donnell 6, L Aitchison 21 lt B Pike 27. Division three ONLY two games completed as Hamilton Green received a forfeit from Portland and the Hamilton Gold v Balmoral game was a melt down. So moving to the heat of battle Heywood laid out a cool green for Coleraine and the visitors made the most of the hospitality winning by 11. Don’t believe it but last time they played Coleraine won by 11. All Coleraine scores mid to high twenty’s so consistency is paying off. Mick Hogan had the best outcome for the home side and again those two points could be very valuable after next week. Coleraine a close second. Heywood 66 lt Coleraine 77; M Moore 21 lt A Guy 29, M Hogan 26 d B Armstrong 24, N Campbell 19 lt D Russell 24. Dartmoor broke through for a win after a one shot loss last week, they kept the small digit in work winning by, yep, 11 playing Memorial. A one rinker but who cares says Peter Holmes, Neil McInnes, Phil Jones and Alan Pratt when they can score a 37 and help the side win. Les Wards score the best for Memorial. Dartmoor 78 d Memorial 67; R Kerr 19 lt L Ward 27, N Murrell 22 lt P Wetherill 26, P Holmes 37 d D Garnier 14. Division four THE average side win margin this week was eight, which of course ey rs, d rounds narrow win and Casterton top of the ladder after a fi ve sho es close g Macarthur had rounds narrow ve shot victory. m.au Spectator Sport More region champions in our midst region cham RAY DOWNES PORTLAND and Division representatives had another great day at Warrnambool on Sunday landing two championships. on eat ay Kerrie Alexander more Regional and nal Shirley Millard won the Ladies State Pairs, Peter and Wendy Webster the Mixed Pairs. Both events are now played at State level. Ron Reynolds and Jim Scott weren’ quite so fortunate when they were defeated in the men’s pairs by one shot. Sunday sees the Region triples and champion of club singles championships played at Portland RSL Memorial n’ by on One major objective for prospective division one finalists. THAT is, fi nd a way to derail the Memorial juggernaut. Playing at home last round the Memorial side dished out a fair old fashioned hammering to Dunkeld. All rinks won and scored the highest side score of all divisions. The Solly boys and Ken Evans rinks have kept a graph line of season wins perfectly straight for all but the fi rst game, and then it was on shots difference. Dunkeld battled the odds given they were missing half a dozen players, but when the opposition only let you score 38 the outcome as far as bowls is concerned is pretty bleak. Memorial 94 d Dunkeld 38, K Evans 28 d B Mathews 13, M Solly 27 d S Cullinane 15, G Solly 39 d A Jackson 10. Grangeburn gave Gold a good run to the home turn but down the straight Gold had Peter Webster and Ron Reynolds teams creeping away for an 11 shot win. Robyn Thomassen at the head as Prewey was not available, proved that persistence pays off when her rink won by one. A couple of points probably helping to get a fi nal after next week. Grangeburn 62 lt Portland Gold 73;O Ross 24 lt P Webster 27, R Thomassen 22 d G Calder 21, I Cook 16 lt R Reynolds 25. Blue took the opportunities they had on offer and defeated the visitors Balmoral by a not too large nine shots. Phil Benbow’s combination winning by 13, Col Pumpa putting a halt to the Carey run by two. Balmoral however remains above Blue on the ladder. Portland Blue 78 d Balmoral 69; P Benbow 30 d C Offi cer 17, B Groves 23 lt T Simons 29, C Pumpa 25 d F Carey 23. Hamilton’s Kennedy Street green is obviously the hot spot of Hamilton. The game against Penshurst had to be called off when the temperature reached 37.8 degrees and didn’t look like falling. Hamilton was well in front at the time of the declaration. The abandonment makes Penshurstsjob of making the four fairly diffi cult. Division two TWO home sides won, 93 the high score and the average win was by 16. Part of the reason for the lowish average win was the fact that Macarthur ran Hamilton to three shots. Clifton Tonissen’s team kept up the good work of the last few games and won by six. However John Crane won by eight, so when Scotty got ahead by one, Hamilton put a deposit a fi nals berth and Macarthurstay in the lower reaches. Macarthur 62 lt Hamilton 65; L Burland 18 lt J Crane 26, R Sherridan 20 lt G Scott 21, C Tonissen 24 d G Pitman 18. Casterton has hit a purple patch having won their last six games. This time against Heywood who they replace at the top. Sticks and Eddy Jarrad, whose rink has run up 66 shots in the past two weeks put together 14 points and the two Heywood scraped up were thanks to Lionel Pevitt. Casterton 72 d Heywood 63; G Russell 26 d R Langford 24, E Jarrad 31 d L Price 15, J Egerton 15 lt L Pevitt 24. Figures intrigue me which is probably pretty obvious, the last game was 72, 63, this one between Portland Gold and Grangeburn 73, 62. The Jennings rink continuing along with another lazy 31 and the one rink syndrome played its’ part again as the visitors won the other two. Unfortunately for Phil Witham and Tom Eales their combined winning total wasn’t enough. Gold still in with a good chance, Grangeburn stuck in low gear. Portland Gold 73 d Grangeburn 62; M Jennings 31 d T Wilson 13, R Murphy 23 lt P Witham 24, T Alexander 19 lt T Eales 25. Memorial rolled the div 2 sweep with 93 v Portland Blue.Without further ado introducing the high rollers of the year, oops the equal ones, Ron Robinson, John Hollien, Robert McIntyre and Simon Hein amassing 47. Bill Pike the only winner for Blue. Memorial 93 d Portland Blue 51; K Husson 25 d K Meerbach 18, R Robinson 47 d B Donnell 6, L Aitchison 21 lt B Pike 27. Division three ONLY two games completed as Hamilton Green received a forfeit from Portland and the Hamilton Gold v Balmoral game was a melt down. So moving to the heat of battle Heywood laid out a cool green for Coleraine and the visitors made the most of the hospitality winning by 11. Don’t believe it but last time they played Coleraine won by 11. All Coleraine scores mid to high twenty’s so consistency is paying off. Mick Hogan had the best outcome for the home side and again those two points could be very valuable after next week. Coleraine a close second. Heywood 66 lt Coleraine 77; M Moore 21 lt A Guy 29, M Hogan 26 d B Armstrong 24, N Campbell 19 lt D Russell 24. Dartmoor broke through for a win after a one shot loss last week, they kept the small digit in work winning by, yep, 11 playing Memorial. A one rinker but who cares says Peter Holmes, Neil McInnes, Phil Jones and Alan Pratt when they can score a 37 and help the side win. Les Wards score the best for Memorial. Dartmoor 78 d Memorial 67; R Kerr 19 lt L Ward 27, N Murrell 22 lt P Wetherill 26, P Holmes 37 d D Garnier 14. Division four THE average side win margin this week was eight, which of course ey rs, d rounds narrow win and Casterton top of the ladder after a fi ve sho es close g Macarthur had rounds narrow ve shot victory. Schroeder’s Schroeder’s com Harry Hannaford’s group a hig saving a complete rout. Macarthur 62 l J Schroeder 23 d M Kearns 16, C Uebergang 23 lt H Hannaford 27, J Bragg 16 lt J Robinson 24. Four shots the win by third 62 lt Casterton 67 J S Kear 23 lt spec.com.au Spectator Sport More region champions in our midst region cham RAY DOWNES PORTLAND and Division representatives had another great day at Warrnambool on Sunday landing two championships. on eat ay Kerrie Alexander more Regional and nal Shirley Millard won the Ladies State Pairs, Peter and Wendy Webster the Mixed Pairs. Both events are now played at State level. Ron Reynolds and Jim Scott weren’ quite so fortunate when they were defeated in the men’s pairs by one shot. Sunday sees the Region triples and champion of club singles championships played at Portland RSL Memorial n’ by on One major objective for prospective division one finalists. THAT is, fi nd a way to derail the Memorial juggernaut. Playing at home last round the Memorial side dished out a fair old fashioned hammering to Dunkeld. All rinks won and scored the highest side score of all divisions. The Solly boys and Ken Evans rinks have kept a graph line of season wins perfectly straight for all but the fi rst game, and then it was on shots difference. Dunkeld battled the odds given they were missing half a dozen players, but when the opposition only let you score 38 the outcome as far as bowls is concerned is pretty bleak. Memorial 94 d Dunkeld 38, K Evans 28 d B Mathews 13, M Solly 27 d S Cullinane 15, G Solly 39 d A Jackson 10. Grangeburn gave Gold a good run to the home turn but down the straight Gold had Peter Webster and Ron Reynolds teams creeping away for an 11 shot win. Robyn Thomassen at the head as Prewey was not available, proved that persistence pays off when her rink won by one. A couple of points probably helping to get a fi nal after next week. Grangeburn 62 lt Portland Gold 73;O Ross 24 lt P Webster 27, R Thomassen 22 d G Calder 21, I Cook 16 lt R Reynolds 25. Blue took the opportunities they had on offer and defeated the visitors Balmoral by a not too large nine shots. Phil Benbow’s combination winning by 13, Col Pumpa putting a halt to the Carey run by two. Balmoral however remains above Blue on the ladder. Portland Blue 78 d Balmoral 69; P Benbow 30 d C Offi cer 17, B Groves 23 lt T Simons 29, C Pumpa 25 d F Carey 23. Hamilton’s Kennedy Street green is obviously the hot spot of Hamilton. The game against Penshurst had to be called off when the temperature reached 37.8 degrees and didn’t look like falling. Hamilton was well in front at the time of the declaration. The abandonment makes Penshurstsjob of making the four fairly diffi cult. Division two TWO home sides won, 93 the high score and the average win was by 16. Part of the reason for the lowish average win was the fact that Macarthur ran Hamilton to three shots. Clifton Tonissen’s team kept up the good work of the last few games and won by six. However John Crane won by eight, so when Scotty got ahead by one, Hamilton put a deposit a fi nals berth and Macarthurstay in the lower reaches. Macarthur 62 lt Hamilton 65; L Burland 18 lt J Crane 26, R Sherridan 20 lt G Scott 21, C Tonissen 24 d G Pitman 18. Casterton has hit a purple patch having won their last six games. This time against Heywood who they replace at the top. Sticks and Eddy Jarrad, whose rink has run up 66 shots in the past two weeks put together 14 points and the two Heywood scraped up were thanks to Lionel Pevitt. Casterton 72 d Heywood 63; G Russell 26 d R Langford 24, E Jarrad 31 d L Price 15, J Egerton 15 lt L Pevitt 24. Figures intrigue me which is probably pretty obvious, the last game was 72, 63, this one between Portland Gold and Grangeburn 73, 62. The Jennings rink continuing along with another lazy 31 and the one rink syndrome played its’ part again as the visitors won the other two. Unfortunately for Phil Witham and Tom Eales their combined winning total wasn’t enough. Gold still in with a good chance, Grangeburn stuck in low gear. Portland Gold 73 d Grangeburn 62; M Jennings 31 d T Wilson 13, R Murphy 23 lt P Witham 24, T Alexander 19 lt T Eales 25. Memorial rolled the div 2 sweep with 93 v Portland Blue.Without further ado introducing the high rollers of the year, oops the equal ones, Ron Robinson, John Hollien, Robert McIntyre and Simon Hein amassing 47. Bill Pike the only winner for Blue. Memorial 93 d Portland Blue 51; K Husson 25 d K Meerbach 18, R Robinson 47 d B Donnell 6, L Aitchison 21 lt B Pike 27. Division three ONLY two games completed as Hamilton Green received a forfeit from Portland and the Hamilton Gold v Balmoral game was a melt down. So moving to the heat of battle Heywood laid out a cool green for Coleraine and the visitors made the most of the hospitality winning by 11. Don’t believe it but last time they played Coleraine won by 11. All Coleraine scores mid to high twenty’s so consistency is paying off. Mick Hogan had the best outcome for the home side and again those two points could be very valuable after next week. Coleraine a close second. Heywood 66 lt Coleraine 77; M Moore 21 lt A Guy 29, M Hogan 26 d B Armstrong 24, N Campbell 19 lt D Russell 24. Dartmoor broke through for a win after a one shot loss last week, they kept the small digit in work winning by, yep, 11 playing Memorial. A one rinker but who cares says Peter Holmes, Neil McInnes, Phil Jones and Alan Pratt when they can score a 37 and help the side win. Les Wards score the best for Memorial. Dartmoor 78 d Memorial 67; R Kerr 19 lt L Ward 27, N Murrell 22 lt P Wetherill 26, P Holmes 37 d D Garnier 14. Division four THE average side win margin this week was eight, which of course ey rs, d rounds narrow win and Casterton top of the ladder after a fi ve sho es close g Macarthur had rounds narrow ve shot victory. Schroeder’s com Harry Hannaford’s group a hig saving a complete rout. Macarthur 62 l J Schroeder 23 d M Kearns 16, C Uebergang 23 lt H Hannaford 27, J Bragg 16 lt J Robinson 24. Four shots the win by third 62 lt Casterton 67 J S Kear 23 lt Four Four sho placed Memorial over top side, no longer, Hamilton. Doug Elford and Cliff Brinkman high fl yers for either side. Won’t mention one of the scores! Memorial 71 d Hamilton 67, R Hamblin 26 d F Reynolds 19, D Elford 28 d R Steff 23, P Malcolm 17 lt C Brinkman 25. Grangeburn concocted a good score with all rinks in the twenty’s, however they were all trumped by Coleraine, especially the grouping who scored 35. Troeth Grangeburn 65 lt Coleraine 87; J Hicks 24 lt T Gleeson 27, C Holmes 21 lt S Cooper 25, T Dunn 20 lt B Troeth 35: Penshurst had the bye. Ladders Division one: Memorial 172, Portland Gold 147, Hamilton 107, Grangeburn 94, Penshurst 85, Dunkeld 69, Balmoral 52, Portland Blue 42. Division two: Casterton 137, Heywood 130, Hamilton 122, Memorial 108, Portland Gold 102, Macarthur 69, Grangeburn 59, Portland Blue 41. Division three: Hamilton Green 149, Coleraine 145, Hamilton Gold 124, Heywood 97, Memorial 84, Portland 66, Dartmoor 53, Balmoral 50. Division four: Casterton 125, Hamilton 121, Memorial 90, Coleraine 70, Penshurst 68, Macarthur 64, Grangeburn 38. Other news MEMBERS and non-bowlers are encouraged to discuss ideas that might help us promote bowls. Several suggestions are circulating. Shorter but more engaging pennant, maybe two shorter competitions, Jack Attack type games with subs and power plays. Pairs, triples, fours or combinations. Rotation of teams after say seven ends. Players not in fi xed positions so they can play at the skips request. Much of this has come about as traditional pennant which now doesn’t go to higher levels, with promotion and relegation that can make it diffi cult for smaller clubs, may not be as inviting to potential younger participants as it could be. Whites, ties and blazers have pretty much gone. Look at our demographic; thinking outside the traditional box could be a good thing. Late news THE Far Western and Western Division Past Presidents yearly challenge for the Michael Elliott trophy was contested by 48 players at Macarthur on Monday. The Western representative teams won the trophy. The competition has been going for 22 years and this is the seventh time Western has taken it home. Many thanks to Macarthur and Division offi cials for hosting the day. a high twenty and Jean Schr es close games. had the reverse of last Round 14 preview WELL, this is the home and away concluding game. Looking at the prospective division one fi nalists no one can go past Memorial for top and premiership favourites on fi gures. Gold are a certain second position. Hamilton appears fairly safe in third, however Grangeburn and Penshurst have the ability to shape the future albeit a narrow window of opportunity. Looking at the games,Dunkeld are at home and Grangeburn are the visitors. Dunkeld win and Penshurst win then the ‘burn season is over. Last time they met the win was to Grangeburn by eight. This round it will probably be the visitors closing the door on Penshurst. Portland Blue has a visit by Hamilton and again last round it was Hamilton by four. Blue had a win last week but Hamilton has too much at stake to fi ddle while Blue burns (along). The Visitors to win. Penshurst has defeated Gold at the mount in the past and needs to this week to have any chance of another game. Gold’s graph line has continued exactly the same as Memorial, only difference being one step lower. Penshurst has moved from third to bottom in round four and to various levels in between as the season progressed. The Gold machine will be in fi nals mode and win this time round, go for it Ali and Emmo. Balmoral has the unenviable pleasure of hosting Memorial. Great fellowship but bowls will be a bit like scaling the Rocklands wall without a rope. Bloomin hard. The Sollys’ and Ken Evans teams have great resources, when you can name the likes of Woolley, Hoggan, Wallis, Pitts in your selection you are pretty much assured of a top level performance. Not meaning to belittle Balmoral, because they have some great players at their small club. Past records show that. However unless you can conjure up some extra terrestrial support it looks like social bowls next week. To your correspondent it seems Memorial, Gold, Hamilton and Grangeburn to survive, let’s prove me wrong. A clarifi cation re the heat issue, which has caused a bit of angst. The rules clearly explain the procedure. Some experiments were carried out a couple of years ago and showed that exposed temperatures on the green and at shoulder level out of the wind were around 10 degrees higher than in a properly constructed Stevenson screen positioned on the green adjacent to the test area. Wind makes a signifi cant difference to screen temperatures and in a building enclosed area like Hamilton it can be very calm. The screen temperature is the one that decisions are made on and as stated in the rules, managers cannot take a risk with player welfare. Division two FIVE sides right in the running for another game in this division. Memorial at fourth play Casterton and the home sides future is completely in its’ own hands. Win and play again or the exact opposite. The visitors are right on song as stated above. Styx, Eddy and Edgy look the goods but with the knowledge that Memorial ran them to fi ve shots up north will give Huss, and co a fair bit of confi dence. A close one but Casterton to go on. The other side of the four fi ve mix is Blue play Gold and it really should be a win to the Gold side. That would ensure a move up into the four given the above result occurs. Of course a win to Memorial and it is all academic. Gold to win. Heywood at home to Hamilton, eight points difference to the woods,and whoever wins it looks like they will play Casterton the next week. Heywood has had a couple of glitches recently while Hamilton has quietly won its’ past seven games including over Heywood by two. On that record it should be Hamilton but it could well be another two shotter, watch out for the sea breeze. Grangeburn and Macarthur pennant seasons are coming to a close after this game. The main outcome of the match will be the good time enjoyed by both sides. Sixth and seventh, can’t be in relegation danger. Enjoy and look forward to the rest of the bowls season. Division three AGAIN fi ve sides with a chance of making it. Memorial and Heywood vying for the fourth rung with a slight home green advantage to Memorial. Last meeting 11 to Memorial, but they have hit the wall since then. Heywood with the better record but still losing the last couple of games. Heywood wins one rink and survive by one point that’s how close it is. Only on several past results, Heywood to survive. Hamilton sides face each other in a fi nals warmer. No matter what the result bragging rights will be the outcome, as positions relevant to each other can’t change. Better leave it at that. Portland at home has a visit by Coleraine. All points to the visitors and a win to Hamilton Gold would see Coleraine asminor premiers. No matter what the result is Coleraine will play Green next week. Portland will wind up their pennant season. Balmoral at home to Dartmoor, to put a fi nish to both seasons and three points separate them with possible relegation overhead. Has to be a win to the visitors unless they get lost on the circuitous trip to ‘moral. So we see Green, Coleraine, Gold and Heywood line up for fi nals? Division four TWO well defi ned leaders and three in the battle for fourth. Hamilton set up for Macarthur on B green. First meeting Macarthur by 22. Hamilton since that meeting has won three, the visitors two. Macarthur games since round seven have all been very close, as in two wins by three and two losses by four and fi ve. Hamilton one win by 53 the others close. Sorry Macarthur you may well miss fi nals. Penshurst needs to fend of Casterton, which will be a diffi cult task. Cast tare one tonne won last time by an innings and 43. Send Harry for a look around the water garden and you might just win Penshurst, but he is too nimble to fall. Coleraine at home toMemorial, twenty points up to the visitors, but Coleraine in a much more tenuous position if the bowls tip out rather than in. Figures say no to Coleraine but stick with the home green advantage in this scenario. Therefore, Casterton, Hamilton, Memorial, Coleraine? HAMILTON SPECTATOR Thursday February 11 2016 17